this silicon valley crowd, it's always assumed we can share, we can improve poverty in africa, ken walker used the example of helping indians at the airport translate some of their stuff. it's always the idea that all of this technology benefits everyone, that it democratizes, that it creates progress and empowers and enriches. and i don't think that's true. i think this new elite is no different from any other elite. big data, the big data economy is no different from large armaments, big pharma. this is the new elite. they're defining the discourse, they are new land other thans, they are controlling power, they will shape washington d.c. i don't think they're bad, but they're not good. they're not improving the world. google hasn't benefited the world. facebook hasn't benefited the world. they've benefited themselves and their shareholders, or some of them anyway who managed to sell their stock, but generally i'm very, very suspicious of the idea that you can do good and be very rich at the same time or successful. >> let me read you some more things from your books and essays. you wro